Phuong Dung

PhÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng Dung (also known as Phan PhÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng Dung, born in 1946) is a popular Vietnamese music singer from 1960 to present.

Early life

PhÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng Dung was born in GÃÂ² CÃÂ´ng Province (now TiÃ¡Â»Ân Giang Province). She moved to Saigon when she finished primary school and attended secondary school from 1958 to 1959. She started her singing career around 1960.

Music career

She rose to fame at the age of 17 after the success of the song "NÃ¡Â»Âi buÃ¡Â»Ân gÃÂ¡c trÃ¡Â»Â" (by Hoai Linh and Manh Phat) in 1962, "NhÃ¡Â»Â¯ng ÃÂÃ¡Â»Âi hoa sim" in 1964 (by DzÃÂ©ng Chinh, who used a poem by HÃ¡Â»Â¯u Loan as lyrics), and "TÃ¡ÂºÂ¡ tÃ¡Â»Â« trong ÃÂÃÂªm" in 1965 (by TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n ThiÃ¡Â»Ân Thanh). PhÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng Dung was awarded the "Gold Award for Female Artists" in 1965, while TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n ThiÃ¡Â»Ân Thanh received the "Best Song of the Year Award".

Phuong Dung also was given the title of "Con NhÃ¡ÂºÂ¡n TrÃ¡ÂºÂ¯ng GÃÂ² CÃÂ´ng" by Kien Giang poet HÃÂ Huy HÃÂ .

She has completed 45 successful tours for Vietnamese companies: SÃÂ³ng NhÃ¡ÂºÂ¡c, SÃÂ¡n Ca, and later Akai cÃ¡Â»Â§a cÃÂ¡c trung tÃÂ¢m Continental, TrÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Âng HÃ¡ÂºÂ£i, and NhÃ¡ÂºÂt TrÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Âng. Phuong Dung sings about love songs associated with wartime as seen in the songs: "The Sim flower hill" (DzÃÂ©ng Chinh and HÃ¡Â»Â¯u Loan), "NÃ¡Â»Âi buÃ¡Â»Ân gÃÂ¡c trÃ¡Â»Â" (Manh Phat and Hoai Linh), "TÃ¡ÂºÂ¡ tÃ¡Â»Â« trong ÃÂÃÂªm" (Tran Thien Thanh), "KhÃÂºc hÃÂ¡t ÃÂ¢n tÃÂ¬nh" (XuÃÂ¢n TiÃÂªn vÃÂ Y VÃÂ¢n), "ÃÂÃ¡Â»Â ai" (PhÃ¡ÂºÂ¡m Duy), "SÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng lÃ¡ÂºÂ¡nh chiÃ¡Â»Âu ÃÂÃÂ´ng" (MÃ¡ÂºÂ¡nh PhÃÂ¡t), "TÃÂm cÃ¡ÂºÂ£ rÃ¡Â»Â«ng chiÃ¡Â»Âu" (Thu HÃ¡Â»Â), "VÃ¡Â»Âng gÃÂ¡c ÃÂÃÂªm sÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng" (MÃ¡ÂºÂ¡nh PhÃÂ¡t), "CÃÂ¡nh buÃ¡Â»Âm chuyÃ¡Â»Ân bÃ¡ÂºÂ¿n" (Minh KÃ¡Â»Â³), "The Winter Night's Sorrow" (Anh Minh), "SÃ¡ÂºÂ¯c hoa mÃÂ u nhÃ¡Â»Â" (NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn ÃÂÃÂ´ng), "BiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿t ÃÂÃÂ¢u tÃÂ¬m" (HoÃÂ ng Thi ThÃÂ¡), "CÃÂ²n mÃÂ£i nhÃ¡Â»Â¯ng khÃÂºc tÃÂ¬nh ca" (QuÃ¡Â»Âc DÃÂ©ng).

Family and career

In 1968, she married and gave up her music career for motherhood, having eight children: six boys and two girls.

In 1977 the family moved to Australia and her daughters followed in her footsteps. Phuong Vy had worked with the Thuy Nga Center (as well as films like Romper Stomper), and Hoang Ly worked with Asia Entertainment before becoming a model.

Phuong Dung often participates in charity programs, especially relating to religious organizations. In recent years, she has returned to Vietnam to perform.

Phuong Dung has almost 400 albums to her credit, and many of her famous songs are still sung today by the new generation of singers.

In May 2014, Phuong Dung joined with Giao Linh to perform concerts, Sol Golden, as an anniversary of her music career. Around the end of 2014, Phuong Dung was invited as judge for the music competition Solo cÃÂ¹ng Bolero and continued on the talent show into 2016.

Charity

Phuong Dung established the charity "See The Light" which specializes in helping the poor in Vietnam by raising money to build houses, and schools. She also encouraged artists and her friends to participate in this program through art shows for charity in countries where there are larger Vietnamese populations.

From 1999, Phuong Dung went back to Vietnam to help raise funds to treat patients with eye damage. She started in Go Cong, then Tien Giang, where she was born, and then out into the areas of Quang Tri, Dong Hoi, Quang Nam, Kon Tum, Dong Thap, Can Tho. In addition to her work with eye treatment, she participated in charities to help poor students, as well as flood and disaster relief.

Phuong Dung

Early life

Music career

Family and career

Charity

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